Ormat Technologies, Inc, today announced it has signed a shared-cost Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy (DOE) to validate the feasibility of proven technology already used in Geothermal and Recovered Energy Generation for the production of commercial electricity using hot water produced during the process of oilfield production. The project will be conducted at the DOE Rocky Mountain Oil Testing Center (RMOTC), near Casper Wyoming, and will use an Ormat Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) power generation system to produce commercial electricity. Generating 0.2 megawatts (enough to power 200 homes.)